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Spanish term or phrase:	Islas pitiusas
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Spanish term or phrase: Islas pitiusas

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En las islas pitiusas, concretamente en la isla de Mallorca,

Is there a translation for this apart from Pitiusa islands? I can't find it in my dictionaries or online except in Spanish.

Lucy Williams KudoZ activity Questions: 282 (2 open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 40 Spain
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Pitiusas (Ibiza and Formentera)

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BALEARIC ISLANDS by All About Spain - [ Traducir esta página ]This wonderful group of islands is divided into Gimnesias (Mallorca, Menorca and Cabrera) in the North, and Pitiusas (Ibiza and Formentera) in the ...
www.red2000.com/spain/baleares/index.html - En caché - Similares

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pitiusa a adj of/from Ibiza o Formentera (as opposed to the other Balearic islands) b sf
las Pitiusas Ibiza and Formentera

Collins

http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/pitiusa

IBIZA GLAMOUR - HistoryIBIZA, the island, is the third largest of the Balearic Islands and together with Formentera forms the "Pitiusas" islands, that is what the Greeks called ...
www.ibizaglamour.com/pages/Info/History/ - En caché - Similares
Lagartija de las Pitiusas - Podarcis pityusensis - Distribución20 Jun 2006 ... Key words: Ibiza wall lizard, distribution, Pitiusic islands. ... de las islas Pitiusas: Ibiza, Formentera e islotes adyacentes. ...
www.vertebradosibericos.org/reptiles/.../podpitdi.html - En caché - Similares

Architectural Guide To Ibiza and Formentera. Home.Antonio Catany Gelabert. Pitiusas architecture. ... Architectural Guide To Ibiza and Formentera ("Pitiuse Islands"). ...
www.arquired.es/users/catany/pitiusas/0_home.html - En caché - Similares
Ibiza Holidays: Hotels, beaches, accommodation and travel guide - [ Traducir esta página ]Map of Ibiza - The Balearic Island in the Mediterranean sea with neighboring Islands such as Formentera , Mallorca and Menorca. ...
www.ibizaholidays.com/ - En caché - Similares
[PDF] LOS SABINARES DE LAS ISLAS PITIUSAS. JUNIPERUS FOREST IN PITIUSAS ...Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Vista rápida
de DELASIP LOS SABINARES - Artículos relacionados
southern side of the archipelagos, in the Pitiuses islands (Ibiza and Formentera).Changes in the socioeconomy tissue in the last 30 years have lead to a ...
www.ctfc.cat/docs/apf_document85.pdf - Similares

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Pitiusas (Ibiza and Formentera)

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Pityuses or Pine Islands

Andrés Martínez

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Balearic Islands

Rafael Geronimo

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the Pitiusas Islands - Ibiza and Formentera	franglish

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Balearic Islands

Explanation:
Forman parte de las Islas Baleares (Balearic Islands) junto con Mallorca y Menorca

Rafael Geronimo
United States
Local time: 14:15
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Pityuses or Pine Islands

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Islands
Pine Islands
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Pine Islands Ibiza flag.svg
Flag of Eivissa and Formentera
Geography
Localització de les Pitiüses respecte les Illes Balears.svg
Location Mediterranean Sea
Coordinates Coordinates: 38°42′N 1°27′E / 38.7°N 1.45°E / 38.7; 1.45
Archipelago Balearic Islands
Area 654.28 km²
Highest point Talaia, Eivissa (476 m)
Country
Spain
Autonomous Community Balearic Islands
Province Balearic Islands
Largest city Eivissa (pop. 37,408)
Demographics
Population 161,369 (as of 2006)

Pine Islands or Pityuses (Catalan: Illes Pitiüses; Spanish: Islas Pitiusas; from the Greek: πιτύα, pitýa, pine tree) is the name given collectively to the Balearic Islands of Eivissa (Spanish: Ibiza) and Formentera, in the Mediterranean Sea.

The islands are situated approximately 100 km southwest of the island of Majorca, and approximately 80 km east of the Cap de la Nau in the Iberian Peninsula.

In antiquity they were known as the Pityussa islands, listed in Claudius Ptolemy's Geography, under the names Ophiusis and Ebyssus, which had a town of the same name. The islands were used by Cilician pirates as a base. The Roman general Annius drove them out with a large fleet and with them the Roman renegade general Quintus Sertorius, who was seeking refuge there.

The Pine Islands are sometimes grouped together as part of the Balearic Islands, or else considered separate with the Balearics proper being Majorca and Minorca. Politically, they are part of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands.

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En el archipiélago de las Islas Baleares, Mallorca y Menorca no forman parte de las islas Pitiusas, éstas son Ibiza y Formentera.

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http://ibiza-cam.blogspot.com/
Ibiza is an island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. ***With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. ***
Its largest cities are Ibiza Town (Catalan:Vila d'Eivissa or simply Vila), Santa Eulària des Riu and Sant Antoni de Portmany.

Eivissa is the official Catalan name (Catalan pronunciation: [əiˈβisə], locally [əiˈvisə]). The name in Spanish is Ibiza [iˈβiθa]. In British English, the name is usually pronounced in an approximation of the Spanish (/ɪˈbiːθə, ɪˈviːθə/), while in American English the pronunciation is more anglicized (/ɪˈbiːzə/, /iːˈbiːsə/).

Andrés Martínez
Spain
Local time: 21:15
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Spanish
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Pitiusas (Ibiza and Formentera)

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Gracias.

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Rick Larg: But, Andres, no-one ever uses the term Pine Islands, even though it may well be a translation of the Ancient Greek!

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-> Gracias Rick

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Andrés Martínez: No en inglés. ¡Igualmente!, gracias Smartranslators. :) Mi disagree es referente a la traducción ("Pityuses" en lugar de Pitiusas). La aclaración es totalmente correcta, por supuesto.

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-> Gracias por dar tu opinión, pero estoy con Rick... ¡Feliz Navidad! Espero que disfrutes con tus amigos y familiares...

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Peter Guest: Most people say Ibiza and Formentera, they being a scant 20 apart in the frightful high speed ferries

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-> Muchas gracias Peter. ¡Feliz Navidad!... y a comer turrón...

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franglish: the Pitiusas Islands (see my refs) and a merrx Xmas!

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-> Gracias franglish... Que pases una muy feliz Navidad...

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Reference: the Pitiusas Islands - Ibiza and Formentera

Reference information:
The Arabs arrived on the Pitiusas islands at the beginning of the 7th century, but it was not until the year 902 that the emir Abdallah formally annexed ...
www.myibizavilla.com/en/history-of-ibiza.htm

The history of the Pitiusas Islands is represented in the Archaeological Museum of Eivissa and Formentera. Its two buildings feature a complete display of ...
www.teleweb-ibiza.com/GB/index.html

... World Heritage " by the UNESCO, recognising the worldwide significance of the culture and natural resources of the largest of the " Pitiusas " islands. ...
www.osirisibiza.com/index.php?id=ingles_home -

Marine fauna: the Pitiusas islands' marine fauna is extremely diverse, yet does not include a high proportion of endemic species. This fact can be explained ...
www.ibiza.travel/en/fauna.php - Spain -

The evolution of the animal world on the Pitiusas Islands is typical of islands in general. The fact that Ibiza is an island means that a very limited ...
www.canmarti.com/en/fauna.php -

FORMENTERA BUS The little sister of the 'Pitiusas Islands', Formentera, is also known as ¨the seventh heaven of the Mediterranean¨. ...
ibizailusion.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?_state=CMSPage...Field... -

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Edited KOG entry	Lucy Williams's old entry - "Islas pitiusas" => "Pitiusas (Ibiza and Formentera)"

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